About David C. Baue NFDA Professional Women’s Conference Scholarships
The Baue Family established David C. Baue NFDA Professional Women’s Conference Scholarships in 2021 to honor their father’s legacy and commitment to the funeral service profession. David C. Baue was a progressive funeral director who inspired his children and the funeral service profession through his leadership. In 1983, Baue helped found the National Foundation of Funeral Service’s Women in Funeral Service Seminar – the predecessor program to today’s NFDA Professional Women’s Conference.
THE NFDA PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S CONFERENCE
Thanks to generous donor support, the Funeral Service Foundation has awarded scholarships to NFDA’s Professional Women’s Conference since 1998. The conference offers women of funeral service an opportunity to learn, a chance to collaborate, and a structure for networking that elevates the profession and enriches careers. Past scholarship recipients tell us they leave the conference with greater passion for funeral service and renewed energy with which to serve their communities.
ABOUT THE AWARD
20 SCHOLARSHIPS are available to female and non-binary funeral professionals and students to attend the NFDA Professional Women’s Conference, May 15-18 in Santa Ana Pueblo, NM. Applicants are not required to be NFDA members.
Scholarships cover registration and event fees, a three-night hotel-stay, and up to $500 in travel reimbursement.
Professionals
must be verifiably employed in funeral service or related occupations.
Students
must be in good standing and currently attending classes at an ABSFE- or Canadian-accredited institution or program.
Please Note: Students who are enrolled, but have not yet begun coursework at the time of application, are not eligible to apply.
APPLY FOR A SCHOLARSHIP
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Each candidate is required to answer five questions in no more than 250 words per question, and submit a brief video, no longer than two minutes.
DEADLINE
Scholarship submissions to attend the 2025 NFDA Professional Women’s Conference closed on January 15th. Click below to learn more about the conference and general registration.
Past recipients of Funeral Service Foundation scholarships for any previous in-person NFDA Professional Women’s Conference are ineligible. (Those who received a 2020 Virtual NFDA Professional Women’s Conference Scholarship may apply.)
Scholarships will be awarded without regard to race, religious beliefs, age, national origin, or disability.
Scholarships are not renewable and a candidate may only receive this award once.
Recipients are required to attend all conference functions, and should plan travel accordingly.
If unable to attend designated scholarship events, the scholarship recipient will forfeit their scholarship for that year, but may apply in subsequent years.
All scholarships are subject to available funds.
All award decisions of the Funeral Service Foundation are final.
Alternates may be selected in the event that a scholarship recipient decides not to accept the award.
Only completed applications will be considered. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.
The Funeral Service Foundation reserves the right to eliminate from consideration incomplete applications without further notice to the applicant.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2024 David C. Baue NFDA Professional Women’s Conference Scholarship Winners!
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2024 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
Rachel Mackey
Advent Funeral & Cremation Services
Falls Church, VA
Hannah Alyss Noe
Posey Funeral Directors
North Augusta, SC
Natalie Enoch
Jones Funeral Home
Jacksonville, NC
Jennifer Lares
US Army Regional Mortuary, Europe & Africa
Landstuhl, AB Canada
Tiffany Huger
Wiseman Mortuary Inc.
Fayetteville, NC
Monica Hall
Richard R. Robinson Funeral Home
Macon, GA
Lucia Dickinson
University of Central Oklahoma- Funeral Service Department
Edmond, OK
Anna Nesbit
Soxman Funeral Homes, Ltd.
Pittsburgh, PA
Melanie Siano
Holmdel Funeral Home
Holmdel, NJ
Kerri Bittner
Sheets & Childs Funeral Home
Churubusco, IN
Megan Smith
McFarland Funeral Chapel
Tryon, NC
Savannah Toews
Tri State Cremation and Funeral Services
Texarkana, AR
